Response to Intervention: Reading (Certificate)

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Response to Intervention: Reading, Cert

This certificate program offers practicing teachers the opportunity to increase their understanding and expertise in effective literacy interventions for grades K-12.

Description

Response to intervention in reading is an instructional approach that provides focused instruction in small groups to meet the identified learning needs of students who struggle with literacy tasks. The goal of this certificate is to provide teachers with a professional development opportunity to have a more central role in the reading and writing intervention processes throughout the school curriculum. Certificate courses may be applied toward the completion of a master's degree program.

Required Courses

Course Number

Course Title

Credits

TEAC 811A

Teaching Reading

3

TEAC 841

Content Area Reading, Grades 4-12

3

TEAC 802

Contemporary Children's Literature: Principles and Practices

3

or TEAC 839

Literature for Adolescents

3

ElectivesChoose two courses (6-7 credits); at least one of the two elective courses must be a TEAC course.

Assessment, Evaluation, and Instruction of At-Risk Readers (specific section must be approved for inclusion by the advisory committee)

3

SPED 886A

Special Topics in Literacy Assessment

3

Graduate Admission Requirements

Application for Admission with $50 non-refundable application fee.

One set of transcripts.

If the student’s native language is not English, verification of English proficiency is required.

If International: upload copies of all college- or university-level transcripts or mark sheets (records of courses and marks earned), with certiﬁcates, diplomas, and degrees plus certiﬁed English translations.

* Official documents are required from all students who are admitted and enroll. Photocopies of certiﬁed records are not acceptable. International students enrolled in other U.S. institutions may have certiﬁed copies of all foreign records sent directly to the Office of Graduate Studies by their current school’s registrar office.